# List of shipwrecks in August 1828

The list of shipwrecks in August 1828 includes all ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during August 1828.

## 6 August

List of shipwrecks: 6 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Henrietta | United Kingdom | The ship was in collision with Israel ( United Kingdom) and was abandoned by her crew. She was on a voyage from Limerick to London. |

## 8 August

List of shipwrecks: 8 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Sarah | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground and sank at No Man's Land, Massachusetts, United States. She was on a voyage from New York, United States to Saint John, New Brunswick, British North America. |

## 9 August

List of shipwrecks: 9 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore in the River Thames at Gravesend, Kent. She was on a voyage from Ceylon to London. |
| Seaflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked at Rhosilli, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized and sank off The Mumbles, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Palmerston ( United Kingdom). |

## 10 August

List of shipwrecks: 10 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Despatch | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked near "Cape Roan" with the loss of over 50 lives. |

## 12 August

List of shipwrecks: 12 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Oxwich Bay. Her crew survived. She was on a voyage from Plymouth, Devon to Neath, Glamorgan. |

## 14 August

List of shipwrecks: 14 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Alexander | United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Oye-Plage, Pas-de-Calais, France. Her crew were rescued. |
| Perseverance | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Buney Sand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued. |
| Unity | United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Shipwash Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex and was abandoned by her crew. |

## 15 August

List of shipwrecks: 15 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Wilhelm | Norway | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Ostend, West Flanders, Netherlands. |

## 16 August

List of shipwrecks: 16 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Dee | United Kingdom | The ship sprang a leak and foundered in the North Sea off Heligoland with the loss of her captain. |
| Seaflower | United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and wrecked near Rhossili, Glamorgan. Her crew survived. |
| Speculator | United Kingdom | The sloop capsized and sank in the Bristol Channel off Mumbles Head, Glamorgan. Her crew were rescued by the steamship Palmerston ( United Kingdom). |

## 19 August

List of shipwrecks: 19 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Letitia | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Santiago, Cape Verde Islands. All on board were rescued by Mary ( United Kingdom). She was on a voyage from Cork to New South Wales. |
| Philip Dundas | New South Wales | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at Port Elizabeth, Cape Colony with the loss of two of her crew. |

## 20 August

List of shipwrecks: 20 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Huzzar | United States | Cisplatine War: The schooner brig was set afire and destroyed at Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Brazilian Navy. |
| Lord Eldon | United Kingdom | Cisplatine War: The brig was set afire and destroyed at Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Brazilian Navy. |

## 22 August

List of shipwrecks: 22 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Integrity | United Kingdom | The ship was run down and sunk in the North Sea off Orfordness, Suffolk by Juliana ( Guernsey). Her crew were rescued. |

## 23 August

List of shipwrecks: 23 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Rosa | United Kingdom | The ship capsized and sank in a squall in the Kattegat with the loss of four of her five crew. Her captain survived and was rescued by Flora ( Prussia). Rosa was on a voyage from Pillau, Prussia to London. |

## 25 August

List of shipwrecks: 25 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Edgar | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked 5 nautical miles (9.3 km) south of Lough Garlock. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Wick, Caithness. |

## 26 August

List of shipwrecks: 26 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Mangrove Bay | United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Demerara. |
| William and Mary | United Kingdom | The ship foundered in Oxwich Bay. Her crew were rescued. |

## 30 August

List of shipwrecks: 30 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Skelton | United Kingdom | The ship struck a rock and foundered 10 nautical miles (19 km) off Antigua Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Trinidad to London. |

## 31 August

List of shipwrecks: 31 August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Prince Kutusoff | Russia | The ship caught fire in the King's Dock, Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom and was scuttled. |

## Unknown date

List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in August 1828 :
| Ship | State | Description |
| Philip Dundas | United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope before 28 August. |
| HMS Redpole | Royal Navy | The Cherokee-class brig-sloop was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean off Cabo Frio, Brazil by Congress ( Pirates). |